Hi @eco-alex, lovely to continue to see your story develop. And I am really impressed you found the self-belief to go ahead even without support from Mike! I know I would have been somewhat paralysed at that point. Out of curiosity did the compromise with the damp proof membrane work out? Also nice to hear that your trust in the local tyre suppliers was not misplaced and rather jealous that you had that amazing team of diggers to speed up the process... It is astounding how long levelling the site took! Looking forward to the next part. Upvoted and resteemed!